Agenda 06-18-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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14 1 2 3 Commissioner McKee asked if the difference in the overtime is without the additional 4 five positions. 5 Travis Myren said yes. 6 Commissioner McKee asked if the blue bar is with the five new positions. 7 Travis Myren said the blue bar is tied back to the original request for 10 new positions, 8 and with 5 new positions, it would be somewhere between the two colors on the bar graph. 9 Commissioner McKee asked if, given the differential in the hours, it would be worth it to 10 fund a few more positions instead of paying overtime. 11 Travis Myren said the budget is not currently at a level that can pay for all the overtime, 12 and it runs over by around $100,000. He said the recommendation is to try adding 5 more 13 positions first, and then come back and review. 14 Travis Myren said this recommendation can hold the overtime budget where it is, and 15 bring in new positions, as opposed to moving money from the overtime account into the 16 personnel account to fund new positions, as there are not funds in the overtime account to do 17 this. 18 Commissioner McKee said there are 4 out of 6 years of major overtime costs, which 19 would almost equal two positions. He said if they are consistently running in the $100,000 in 20 overtime costs, and would it not be prudent to hire two more positions, and hopefully have less 21 wear and tear on the current employees? 22 Travis Myren said the 10,000 hours equates to about 5 FTEs. 23 Commissioner McKee said he is not suggesting 5, and at some point he would like to 24 look at the alternatives to overtime. 25 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the overtime is equal to five positions, and therefore is 26 being recommended to alleviate the overtime. 27 Bonnie Hammersley said yes. 28 Commissioner McKee said the money is being spent either way, and asked the Sheriff if 29 this amount of overtime is affecting employees. 30